#the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue

[shy-sapphic-ace]

List of queer books I read, loved & recommend!

(There isn't any particular order, I wrote these as I remembered them)

Master Of One - Jaida Jones & Dani Bennett (mlm, fantasy, very cool worldbuilding and magic system, funny, cool characters)

Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree (wlw, fantasy, very soft & chill vibes)

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon (wlw, high fantasy, cool worldbuilding, kinda reminds me of LOTR but with more dragons and feminism and lesbians)

Even Though I Knew The End - C.L. Polk (wlw, supernatural noir, cool 1930s detective story with angels & demons, I loved this one!)

The Love Interest - Cale Dietrich (mlm, science fiction, very cool concept)

The Darkest Part Of The Forest - Holly Black (side mlm, fantasy, cool fae lore)

The Weight Of The Stars - K. Ancrum (wlw, not quite science fiction but space stuff is involved, lovely and complex characters)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz (mlm, fiction, very nice in general, there is also a sequel)

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee (mlm, historical and vaguely fantasy, nice story but I preferred the sequel honestly)

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy - Mackenzi Lee (wlw, the sequel to the one before, more fantasy elements than the first, asexual main character!!)

Gallant - V.E. Schwab (no romance, but in the background one of the characters(?) uses they/them pronouns, very cool dark fantasy vibe)

Stranger Than Fanfiction - Chris Colfer (gay main character, trans main character, coming-of-age, nice book)

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (yes it's the Love, Simon book, mlm, fiction, pretty nice)

They Both Die At The End - Adam Silvera (mlm, sci-fi ish but mostly fiction, cool ideas, but the ending is sad! Very amazing book though, I haven't read the prequel yet)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (wlw, bi main character, historical fiction, cool story, just a neat book in general)

This Is How You Lose The Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (wlw, sci-fi, very cool time travel stuff!! and very beautiful, it felt like reading poetry most of the time)

One Last Stop - Casey McQuinston (wlw, background trans & pan & queer characters, sci-fi or fantasy idk, but time travel, I loooved this book, great)

The House In The Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune (mlm, fantasy, THIS BOOK oh my gosh you should read it!!, just cute and lovely and good)

Under The Whispering Door - TJ Klune (mlm, fantasy, this book is also sooo amazing, great character development and awesome relationships and stuff, it's been a while since I read it but it was so good)

And They Lived... - Steven Salvatore (nblm, fiction, about gender identity and learning to love yourself, read it a while ago but it was very nice)

I Wish You All The Best - Mason Deaver (nblm, fiction, about finding your identity and people who care about you, very cute and sweet)

The Song Of Achilles - Madeleine Miller (mlm, historical, very good in general)

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell (mlm, background wlw in the third book, fantasy, it's a trilogy, basically Harry Potter if it was gay and also better)

Silver In The Wood - Emily Tesh (mlm, fantasy, very pretty, lots of fae stuff and lovely descriptions, it has a really good sequel too)

Pretty much anything by Alice Oseman (all cute and lovely and great, though I've only read Radio Silence so far I hear only good things, Solitaire is on my to-read list)

I Kissed Shara Wheeler - Casey McQuinston (wlw, fiction, it's been a while but I liked this book)

The Falling In Love Montage - Ciara Smyth (wlw, fiction, this book was so cute and funny and deeply emotional it made me Feel way too many things, I'd definitely recommend it)

What Big Teeth - Rose Szabo (a bit of queerness all around, fantasy, werewolves and monsters, this one was pretty cool!, lots of original ideas for the world/character building)

#any recommendations are appreciated! #honestly I might've forgotten some #lgbtqia #book recs #master of one #legends & lattes #the priory of the orange tree #even though i knew the end #the love interest #the darkest part of the forest #the weight of the stars #aristotle and dante #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #the lady's guide to petticoats and piracy #gallant #stranger than fanfiction #simon vs the homosapiens agenda #they both die at the end #the seven husbands of evelyn hugo #this is how you lose the time war #one last stop #and they lived... #i wish you all the best #the song of achilles #carry on #radio silence #alice oseman #the house in the cerulean sea #under the whispering door #silver in the wood

[ineffably-poetic]

i’m easily entertained because if you say anything about my favorite media i’ll immediately start screaming and be consumed by my thoughts for hours while i draft about ten fanfics

#good omens #ofmd #ineffable husbands #blackbonnet #night in the woods #ocs #hozier #watcher entertainment #heartstopper #it #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

#the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #mackenzi lee #tggtvav

[smalltownfae]

I am not including classics in this one because there is already a poll for it. These polls are my biased opinions about books I have read (am reading in the case of one of them, but it is that good so far).

#mlm books #tsoa #captive prince #nightrunner series #swordspoint #silver in the wood #the house in the cerulean sea #boyfriend material #cemetery boys #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #as meat loves salt #my polls #I thought I had read more mlm books than I actually have... #I can't help but think I am forgetting something but oh well #wlw books next

[constantly-chaotic-and-confused]

Ah yes the three scandalous afflictions: gay, woman and anxious.

#yes that’s me #mackenzi lee #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #the nobleman's guide to scandal and shipwrecks #the lady’s guide to petticoats and piracy #henry montague #felicity montague #adrian montague #montague siblings

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

#the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #mackenzi lee #young adult #historical #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls

[brbarou]

i do not need reasons to exist. i do not need to justify the space i take up in this world.

#art #montague siblings #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #the lady's guide to petticoats and piracy #felicity montague #johanna hoffman #sim aldajah #percy newton #henry montague #monty montague #as you may notice. i appear to have this thing for queer teens in 18th century europe #especially when there's. alchemy. and ships and oceans and panaceas and #bests

[yv-sketches]

Hear me out on this one—

#the wizards of once #twoo #xar #dark rise #will kempen #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #monty montague

[echooefrost]

TGGTVAV x TGS AU!

Ok so Sage has always been talking about The Gentleman’s guide to Vice and Virtue and I finally got around to reading it and to say the least… I LOVED IT, every part of it! Whilst reading this fantastical tale, I just COULD NOT stop thinking of the Jekyon parallels to Monty and Percy… Just AGRGHHH they are all such big, lovable, queer Victorian idiots! Anyway If you couldn’t tell by the title of this post, I slam-dunked that book into my favorites pile and hastily made another AU. (also,,, SPOILERS! I am warning you. But what are you doing? Go read this book already!) 

In short I’ve basically taken The Characters from TGS and dumped them into the storyline/plot of TGGTVAV, In saying that neither Jekyll or Lanyon are strictly Percy or Monty, if that makes sense? I contemplated this over and over and I just couldn’t cram Jekyll or Lanyon’s characters into Monty or Percy’s. as an example; Lanyon’s personality is a lot more similar to Monty’s than Percy but Lanyon isn’t bisexual (a big aspect of Monty’s character) Yet at the same time both Lanyon and Percy play the Violin, both have dreamy freckles etc. But he just doesn’t fit into either of them, same goes with Jekyll; Jekyll and Monty both share similarities but are both very different, yet not different enough to take the role of Percy. So with all of that confusing explanation, Jekyll and Lanyon remain themselves with a few extra ~touches~: 

Jekyll is going to be sent to the mental asylum in Holland due to the existence of Hyde. Lanyon finds out about Hyde when he involuntarily transforms in Marseilles. 

Lanyon still plays the Violin and brings it on the Tour with him (for the reasons of plot accuracy and me pushing the Violin-Lanyon propaganda) 

Lanyon takes Monty’s position of power (as in his father is an Earl, and sends them on Tour) although Lanyon is rich, racism still very much exists and isn’t a terminated theme.

Before I continue and as a side note: Felicity Does not exist. As much as I wanted to work her into this, I just couldn’t without complicating a bunch of things, and as I said this is an Au, my au and I can do what I want - I do love Felicity but She just wasn’t going to work here.

Frankenstein (still a woman) takes the role of Mateu Robles because I thought it would be fun to play on the idea that Frankenstien created life and that Mateu’s panacea can heal people. After researching and experimenting, Frankestein tried the potion on Elizabeth but it stopped her heart, similar to how Frankenstein's original creation (the creature) ended up killing her love. I thought it would be interesting, that because Frankenstein kind of killed her wife, she created Helena and Dante the same way she made the creature, although they technically aren’t human, Helena and Dante still look and act like humans, and they believe Elizabeth equally as their mother as they do with Frankenstein. (Don’t ask me how a WLW relationship would work in the 1800’s ,,, everyone just thinks that Frankie is a guy {kind of like in TGS} ) 

Queen Lucy is Scipio because a.) We need more female badasses and b.) take ONE LOOK at her character design and Tell me she DOESN’T Look like a pirate queen- I also just think Lucy is a super fun character that I wanted to incorporate here. 

Those are about all the added things/changes - the rest basically just follows the same points of the plot :0 

If I’m completely honest, I probably won’t do much with this I just had an idea and wanted to share it :))

Here’s a little image of them - Also I gave them both slightly longer hair because I looked at fanart of Percy and fell in love. 

#tgs #the glass scientists #echo's au's #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #tggtvav #the glass scientists au

[gay-disabled-characters-showdown]

LGBTQ+ Disabled Characters Showdown Round 1, Wave 6, Poll 10

A character being totally canon LGBTQ+ and disabled was not required to be in this competition. Please check qualifications and propaganda before asking why a character is included.

Check out the other polls in this wave and prior here.

Percy Newton-The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue

Qualifications:

He's canonically gay and has epilepsy, both of which are quite important to the story.

Propaganda:

This is a wonderful, long-suffering young gay man unfortunately in mutual love with an idiot. He's also epileptic, which presents more than the usual problems for him, because he lives in the early 18th century, and due to his illness his family is planning on shipping him off and thus separating him long-term from the loser he's in love with. Deserves better, and gets it, eventually. Very sweet, lovely violin player, great at poetry, fully willing to whack people over the head if necessary.

Charles Xavier / Professor X-Marvel/X-Men

Qualifications:

He [uses] a wheelchair. And frequently shipped with Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto.

Propaganda:

Listen, I don't even like this man a lot of the time. But he is gay, and he is disabled. And I love both James McAvoys and Patrick Stewarts portrayal of the character. And as a character I really like him.

#polls #poll #disabled characters #lgbtq characters #disability #lgbtq #lgbtq dcs round 1 #lgbtq dcs wave 6 #id in alt text #percy newton #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #tggtvav #charles xavier #professor x #x men #marvel #marvel comics

[aubarcas]

books in 2023

⤷ the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue by mackenzie lee

“Love may be a grand thing, but goddamn if it doesn't take up more than its fair share of space inside a man.”

#the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #tggtvav #the montague siblings #mackenzie lee #tggtvavedit #litedit #bookedit #*mine #*edits #*2023 #book: tggtvav #series: the montague siblings #genre: romance #this is actually the third book of the year but the last one was nonfiction sooo #i'm not making an edit for that lmao

[dragonbadgerbooks]

October Fun Day Book Photo Challenge: October 11, 2023 National Coming Out Day

#my book pictures #books #book #dragonbadgerchallenge #fundaybpc #fdbpc #booklr #book photo challenge #my book photo challenge #bookstack #unburied fables #simon vs the homosapiens agenda #let's talk about love #leah on the offbeat #gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #we are not this #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #lgbt #lbgt books #lgbtqia #lgbtqia books #queer books #gay books

[mochi-princess-04]

Henry&Alex🫱🏽‍🫲🏾Monty&percy

YOU CANT TELL ME THOSE FOUR WOULDNT BE THE BEST OF BUDS! Two short disaster bisexuals with the absolute need to fuck shit up and cause havoc in their wake, and then their lovely demure partners that literally have to keep them on a short leash to prevent them from getting arrested… I need a crossover or something lmaoo

#alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #casey mcquiston #red white and royal blue #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #percy newton #henry montague

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP BPC || January 19 || So Friggen' Funny: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

#the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #mackenzi lee #montague siblings #jompbpc #justonemorepage #book photo challenge #books #book photography #Not out of void but out of chaos #quote

[falafel14]

Further Reading for Wesper fans

So after rewatching Netflix Shadow & Bone and rereading the Six of Crows duology I now find myself rereading ‘The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice & Virtue’ by Mackenzie Lee and fan casting Jack Wolfe as Monty and Kit Young as Percy. They fit the physical descriptions of the characters really well and it’s fun to imagine the switch of Jack playing the extrovert and Kit the introvert. And if Wesper fans want another queer romance in a historical/fantasy setting this book (and indeed the full Montague sibling trilogy) is a great read.   

#wesper #jack wolfe #kit young #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #henry montague #percy newton #six of crows #jesper x wylan

[sillygoofyqueer]

I lurve a Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue and nobody could ever ever make me feel otherwise. It's just so perfect and beautiful and IT'S SUCH A SLOWBURN. I like how Monty isn't framed as a good, perfect protagonist. He's a dick, especially at the start. He's a scoundrel who's oblivious to the world around him and yes, he focuses on his problems more than anyone else's - at the start. BUT. As the story goes on, Lee makes this sort of gorgeous, unforced character development where Monty sees his issues, and starts trying to fix it! And other people see this as well - mainly Felicity, who thought he would forever be a dick (Percy always saw the potential for Monty, even when no one else did). AND IT GETS BETTER, because at the end of the book, although there is a clear, significant change in Monty's character - he still retains that little bit of arrogance. AND you know what, good for him!! This man has been through so much shit and can still laugh and joke about these things. He still has these moments where he worries over himself over others. The only exception is Percy. The moment he finds out this thing about Percy, he does everything in his power to think of a way to stop it - even if he doesn't ask Percy himself what he wants, he is still trying so so hard to keep Percy by his side (in his own unique way). Monty is a brilliant protagonist, and I will scream that from the rooftops until the end of time.

#the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #henry montague #percy newton #felicity montague